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THE SPOKANjS_^
ONE CENT IN CITY. ON TRAINS, FIVE CENTS.
MRS. WADDELL SEEKS A DIVORCE
RUBE'S THIRD WIFE
WOULD QUIT
. (By United Press Leased Wire.(
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dee. 21. -George Edward (Rube)
IWaddell, the eccentric baseball pitcher, whose lriitri
monial adventures liave gained for him almost as much
notoriety as his accomplishments on the diamond, was
made defendant in a suit for divorce filed by Mrs. Wad
dell No. 3.today. Complaints that appeared in the papers
filed by his former wives were included in today's suit,
and in addition was alleged that Kobe had broken the
"Pollard" temperance pledge" taken last dune. Among
the grounds alleged were non-stipport, intoxication, as
sault and battery and desertion.
Waddell married Madge McGuire last April, two
months after he had divorced wife No. 2. Reports had it
that the once mighty pitcher had braced up and shortly
afterwards he signed a pledge for a year, but the com
plaint filed by his wife today indicated that the pledge
liad little effect. One of the allegations is that Waddell
left her in September, going to Newark, N. .1., and leaving
her penniless. Mrs. Waddell was obliged to sell her wed
ding trousseau in order to get money with which to buy
food, it is alleged. Waddell was charged with adminis
tering a beating to his spouse whenever he was under the
influence of liquor, which, the complaint alleges, was most
of the time.
In October, Mrs. Waddell avers, Rube promised to re
form. She returned to him, she says, but a short time
afterward he struck her, and she determined to leave him.
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
THIS OLD WORLD?
He's only one of the "down and
out."
He Isn't working.
Huh. must be a hobo.
Well, that's what he is. He says
so himself, in a litter he has writ
ten to The Press.
He says that he has none hun
gry for days. That he hasn't
worked. That be has begged.
Oh, goodness, rail the police!
Hut wait a minute! Head his
letter, and see If you don't think
that maybe the fellow who wrote it
might be a human being after all.
Here's what he has to say:
"Kditor Press: Having heard
that you have assisted other j>oor
unfortunate people in getting jobs
I thought I would drop you a line.
I am a young man .'lO years of age
and broke. Have went hungry for
days. Hut heard through some
other boys that they were giving
IT'S THE LITTLE HOME OWNER
WHO NEEDS PROTECTION
The small home owners of the city, who are computed to fight
for their rights at all times, regardless of what the form of govern
ment is or of who is in office, appreciate the stand of The Press for
justice for them. It was thus in the fight for watei in Cauuoiidule,
and UJb the same now In the contest against the unjust and unfair
:;ewerfauaessmont on the north hill.
I<ast night Prank Atkinson, chairman of the meeting In Udgi r
wood, said that 'I he Press was the only newspaper ~ln the city that
would pilot the announcements of the meetings asainst the sewer.
In battling for JusUce on the sewer assessment The Press is pur
suing the policy that it has always taken in such matters —of fight
ing for the individual home owner against any oppression or Injus
tice by,city officials. The big properly owner as v rule ii, able to
take care of himself.
ORPHANS TO SEE BIG SHOW
Ktfglme'R orphans are going to
iii What show?
Why the big newsboys' show in 1
Klks' Temple tomorrow evening, to!
be sure. ',' 1
And what's the occasion? ,
Why, it's the annual show to
raise fuuds for the newsboys'
Christmas dinner Hut It was.the
orphans we started talking about.
The children of all the orphan
ages of the city have been invited
to be the guests of the newsboys
at the big show, for the newsies
have great big hearts, and they |
nil know how the kids like a show, 1
eftpei tally such a show as the boys
Hie going to have.
And, just you belter believe
that's going »o be some swell show.
There will be the noted BftggS
,'iiiartet. They can sing so >.»n can
almost tell what they are Stlißlna.
and that's going some In these days
of grind "operoar." A:ul the Kd
moßAtn t>vins. They're little, but
out handouts at the Sacred Heart
hospital (Sisters of Charity), also
at Gonzaga college. I have been
going there, one meal ut each place
a day.
"But it seems hard to have to do
thisthis, as they feed on the aver
age ot 80 to !»0 i day. How long
can they keep it up?
"Shall we have to stamp and
freeze amid Christianity and Ctvlil-
Htlon?
"There is no Jobs to be gotten,
unless you pay the employment
agent. Hut when a fellow has not
even got the price for that; what
then? [* I. J."
"P. S. God bless you for the
good work you are doing.''
Don't you think, fellows, that the
man who. when in the condition of
this DOCHT fellow, can find the heart
to bless those who try to help, is
almost human after all?
Seems as though he must be.
they arc clover and never fall to
bring down the house when they
get busy with the boxing gloves.
Roimer's orchestra will furnish the
nm.'-lc.
Then there will be James Potter,
the newsboy eornetlst. ,Chimmle Is
some tootlst on v cornet, nnd If
you don't believe It. ji'st esk any of
the boys.
Jimmy Hinmwd. the Imperson
ator, will also be there, lie will
show you how Hilly Van dees
things, but be won't tell Hilly.
Mammon and Kor'-estw are the
people who will take part as repre
sentatives Of the Washington the
ater. They are fun maker! and
they deal strictly at wholesale. No
retail fun for theirs. It comes In
(hunks.
Prom the Pa Titan** and the Of
pheum win aleg coma top-notch
nets, and the whole aff.<!r ivlll be
finished up with a nowabojM car
nival.
TO PROBE
ONCE IRE
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.
—A resolution providing for
a special rule for the consid
eration of the majority and
minority reports of the Bal
linger-Pinchot investigating
committee by the house on
the last Tuesday in .January
was introduced today by
Representative Hitchcock of
Nebraska.
SMALL FIRE
Fire, breaking out in the base
ment of the building at SlO Mon
roe street this morning, damaged
the stock of the Palace Cleaning
company and of F. J. Quttman
tailor, to the probable extent of
some $500, as well as smoking out
the West EiM cafe, owned by
Weaver & Hoyd next door. Shortly
after 11 o'clock, smoke was seen
Issuing from the basement win
dows and through the cracks of the
first floor, and before the depart
ment could arrive much of the
damage had been done.
The fire broke out in the heat
ing plant in the basement as a re
sult of an over-heated furnace, it
is thought.
FLAMES
BURN UP
VICTIMS
MANCHESTER, Eng.,!
Deo. 21. —Two hundred and
eighty-ninee out of 300 min- 1
era working in the Little
Hulton company's mine near
Leigh, are believed to have
been killed in an explosior
and fire that has turned the
workings into a veritabb
blast furnace.
Eleven of those below the;
surface of the earth when the!
disaster occurred have been!
rescued. The others were'
trapped in the mine. Rescu
ers have brought out the
bodies of 20 charred and
mangled men. Since these
bodies were found close to
the mouth of the nuiin en
trance, it is believed all the
other miners must have per
ished.
The flames apparently spread to!
all parts of the mine, and the heat
thrown oitt from the main entrance]
Mas so intense that, those who
rushed to the rescue when the ex
plosion occurred were forced to fall
back. They fell bnek just as a
burst of flames shot from the shaft.
Although every effort was made to
siimthor the fire, little could be
done and it was many minutes be
fore the rescuers could again ap
proach the muln shaft. After a
time the flames ceased pouring out
of Its mouth and the rescuers at
tempted to enter l!\e shalt, only to
find that the Inner workings were
burning fiercely and that the lntol
eraMc heat nnd the fumos of dead
ly •;asfs prevented any rescue
work. The ovploilrn lammed the
cages In the snails and interfered
with the ventilation apparatus.
With the first liewr of the acci
dent friends and relatives of the
n>> n employed in the n.lne rushed
to the scene. When the flames
poured fro IttihS main shaft many
WOtton fa luted nnd Were carried
avvj.y. Hundreds of men and
women otowdfd BrOOBd the pit
month,
When the flro had receded far
enough to pennlf of an attempt, a
imall rescue IMifty entered Hie
bhnfts. Nn» far from the entrance
] tic; Lfidler. cf 20 men •/ere dlscov
| e» cd.
THE "PINK"
NIGHT EXTRA
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1910.
NEW RECORD
IN THE AIR
CHALONS, France, Dec. 21.—A
new world's record for a non-stop
passenger carryine; aeroplane flight
was made here today, when Lieu
tenant Cammerman ot the French
army aviation corps, accompanied
by Captain Hugonl, flew 145 miles
without alighting.
The flight was made at the or
der of the minister of war, and is
an official record. The start was
made from Chalons, and the avia
tors flew to Montlgny-Sur-Aube,
~2V* miles away, the turning point.
Counting deviations from the
course, the aeroplane really cov
ered more than 145 miles. The
time for the flight was four hours
and three minutes.
Lewis Larson, aged 19, a stu
dent, was arrested this morning by
Officer Hunt on a charge of for
gery. He is alleged to have tried
to pass two forged checks on Sobs
Ilros., one for f 1.75 and the other
for $2.25.
FINE TO BE "GOOD FELLOWS,"
! HELPING 300 CHILDREN
BY A GOOD FELLOW. I
Well, well, fellows, maybe you
think I'm not the busy, busy geek
just about now. It's one awful job j
to have to get all these Good Fel-j
lows in touch with the children for]
whom they are Qoing to provide a
Christmas.
There are so many children who
need Bantr.'i help this year, and so
5 many, many Good Fellows who are
i willing to help them; but it's a la
bor of love that I am doing, and I
only wish that there were twice as
; many—and there are over 200 al
, ready.
If you haven't gotten your letter
' telling who to play Santa Claus to,
; don't fret. Just keep your eye on
j the mailman tomorrow morning
; ami he'll surely bring it to you, for
' the last of those letters are going
j into the mail tonight.
I And now let me tell you what we
{ are going to accomplish:
We are going to muke more than
■ 200 kids happy. I've told you that
i before, but I te.i you now that I
I have very vivid hopes of bringing
; the dßasher nrj to 9M within the
next two days,
i A man came ii }(isteida.v and
i left a two-bushel sack of apples.
They will be divided up Into «
I number of parcels and will be seat
o« with (lie toys I'-id ur.ts and
Christmas Spirit Is Abroad
WILL FIGHT FOR
BETTER LAWS
»T' > _ > ... « *
(By United Press Leased Wire. (
SEATTLE, Wn., Dec. 21.—-" Washington needs some
new laws on this matter of contempt and injunctions, and
I'm down to Olympia to help get them."
i This %as~the emphatic statement today of Dan Landon,
state senator and one of the biggest lawyers in Seattle.
"1 djfj not believe in allowing the courts the autocratic
powerlo summon people into court and punish them to
protect fhemselvefc from criticism. 1 think the injunction
law iMSbused frightfully as well," he continued.
Lntiooii will have plenty of help in the fight in the legis
lature The sentencing to jail of two editors of the Seattle
Star lias crystallized sentiment all over the state. .
| vaAfW arid other good things,
I whffim; will go out from the Good |
1 Eellovjs who preferred-to have me i
i look; after the children for them, 1
! thegj not having time to do it
I Anther man left me 10 orders
of jlleaeh on one of the biggest
i stores- in town. Every one of these
order* will make a kiddie happy.
And still another man came in
I and i Id be that If there were not
lofl( many children who had writ
tetj'lq twVkiiig for shoes he would
' see tldat they were all provided for.
I hav4 a number of children on my
list wjho need shoes, but not too
maoyjfor this man. so all the Kid
! die* *bo wanted shoes from Santa
I will «c them.
BIG CHRISTMAS SHOW BY
THEATRICAL MECHANICS
The big Christmas show to be
given by the Theatrical Mechanics'!
! association at the Auditorium to-1
morrow afternoon promises to be
the biggest affair or Its kind ever j
| attempted in "the city.
There will be between 16 and 20 J
', at-ie on die program, including the,
best attraction* from the Orpheum,'
[Pantag s and Washington theaters,J
[and tie third act from "The Three |
of l*s," at the Spokane, making
THE SPOKA^E^
Then there was a man who of
fered three big dollies, with sleep
iug eyes. One of these will go 10
the little paralyzed girl whose pa
thetic little letter attracted so
much attention when published la
The Press the other day.
There Is another paralyzed girlie
who will get one of the other dolls,
and the third one will go where it
will be loved and eared for.
Several people wiote In telling
about their children and mentioned
that there was liable to be no
Christmas dinner —enough money
has been turned in to make cer
tain that there will.
And now I want to tell you about
some of the lettere from the chil
dren. These are all Interesting.
one of the longest and strongest
programs ever given in the city.
A feature of the parade which
will be given tomorrow at noon
will be the big band, which will in
clude every union musician In the
city, thus comprising the largest
band which has ever played here.
The parade will start at uoon, and
at 1 p. Be. the performance will be
gtn, and will run until nearly i
o'elotk.
NINTH YEAR, No. 59 25 CENTS A MONTH
MURDER?
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Dec. 21.—1n response to a
long distance telephone message officers started today for
Hardy's Inn in Mill Creek canyon, on the Bear Valley
trail, where Jack Hardy is reported to have been shot and
instantly killed. Hardy is well known in the mountain
country. He is a brother of Luther Hardy, proprietor of
the inn. The message gave no details of the shooting.
MRS. TURNBULL
STILL ON STAND
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dee. 21.—Although Mrs. Lillian
Ashley Turnbull yesterday afternoon completed her sec
ond day on the witness stand in the hearing of a suit
rbought by her daughter, Beatrice Anita Turnbull, to
break the will of the late E. J. Baldwin, the authorities de
fending the instrument did not finish their cross-examina
tion and the mother was scheduled to be called upon re
convening of court at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
It was expected I*that1*that Attorney McNab would continue
his examinations* when Mrs. Turnbull again took the
stand.
SAYS GAS
DEPOSIT IS
ILLEGAL
Councilman John Gray took a
fall out of the gas company last
night on the floor of the city coun
cil, when he charged that Its p(*n
ot collecting a deposit of $5 on me
ters was in violation of the fran
chise of the company, and that
through this means the company
was enabled to at all times bold
from (250.000 to $300,000 of its con
sumer's money in its hands. He
asked for an opinion of the cor
poration counsel as to the legality
of this charge.
PRATT IS
RESPONSIBLE
An Investigation into the record
of Fifth ward trunk sewer No. 9,
the assessment roll for which was
approved by the city council last
night, shows that the contract has
the approval and bears the signa
ture of Mayor Pratt, although a Is
$6000 hlghsr than the estimate.
Further, it shows that the sewer
is awarded on the basis of $8.75 per
day for laborers, In spite of the fact
that It was figured against the
I property at $3 per day. The con
i tract containing the $2.75 per day
clause had the approval of Mayer
j Pratt, as his signature is under
neath. . .
PAY 5 CENTS, NO MORE.
By United Press Leaned Wire.
SEATTLE, Dec. $I.—Pat
rons of the Seattle. Ren ton £
Southern line will bo able to
ride for 5 cents hereafter
anywhere within the city lim
its, provided they buy com
mutation tickets in lots of
$10. This was decided yes
terday by Judge Gilliam after
listening to arguments all day
on the injunction proceedings
instituted by the company to
restrain the passengers from
refusiug to leave the cars up
on nonpayment of a second
nickel at Orchard beach and
a third nickel at Taylor's mill.
The restraining order Is not
dissolved.
\ NEW YOKK. Dec. 21.—Charles \
,K. Markhaui of Pittsburg was today;
I elected president of the Illinois
I Central railroad as the successor
of James T. Hanrahan. I
MAYOR IS IN
BAD STATE
NOW
Responsible for Armstrong's
Peculiar Actions—Must
Explain Friday.
Just as anticipated, the effort to
make political capital in certain
quarter* by sacrificing George W.
Armstrong, president of the board
of public works, with the hope of
blackening acme members of the
city council, has resulted In a
roorback for the parties concerned.
It means today that the respon
sibility for any shortcomings of
Armstrong, who is a subordinate,
must be borne by the power that
created him—Mayer Nelson &
Pratt.
The purpose of bringing out the
Arjnstroog Isolation hospital scan
dal at i this time was to discredit
the city council and to make votes
for the new charter. While it may
serve this purpose to some extent
it has raised a storm that the
forces which set the ball in motion
cannot stop.
PRATT MUST EXPLAIN.
The city council last night unani
mously ordered that Mayor Pratt,
the executive head of the city gov
ernment, tell the city council why
it was that his subordinate, Arm
strong, as appointee ot the mayor,
was permitted to award the Isola
tion hospital contracts without ad
-1 vertlsing for bids. The mayor ban
been ordered to report on the same
at an adjourned meeting Friday
night, at which time his honor
must saw wood or the for will My.
The mayor's friends were kind
enough to set the thins in motion;
now the council asks that the may
or be there at the finish.
Councilman Lambert did not In
sist on the adoption ot his emer
gency resolution last night. In>
stead, he said.that he had intro
duced It at the request of Arm
strong; that his confidence had
been imposed upon, but that no
blamed the mayor more than Arm
strong for permitting this situation
,to arise.
Today Councilman Belabaw. who
is free from all alliances in Urn
. city council, said that Lambert hat
I squared himself in Ma oyoa not
Ihe was convinced that there wan
no blame to be attached to him in
; connection \fith the resolution,
Belshay sees the necessity tor too
executive head of the city eomtejj
'out from under the clcud.